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PART THREE: OTHER STRATEGIES <br />11 <br />12.Providing training in harm reduction strategies to health care providers, students, <br />peer recovery coaches, recovery outreach specialists, or other professionals that <br />provide care to persons who use opioids or persons with OUD and any co- <br />occurring SUD/MH conditions. <br />13.Supporting screening for fentanyl in routine clinical toxicology testing. <br />I.FIRST RESPONDERS <br />In addition to items in section C, D and H relating to first responders, support the <br />following: <br />1.Law enforcement expenditures related to the opioid epidemic. <br />2.Education of law enforcement or other first responders regarding appropriate <br />practices and precautions when dealing with fentanyl or other drugs. <br />3.Provision of wellness and support services for first responders and others who <br />experience secondary trauma associated with opioid-related emergency events. <br />J.LEADERSHIP, PLANNING AND COORDINATION <br />Support efforts to provide leadership, planning, coordination, facilitations, training and <br />technical assistance to abate the opioid epidemic through activities, programs, or <br />strategies that may include, but are not limited to, the following: <br />1.Statewide, regional, local or community regional planning to identify root causes <br />of addiction and overdose, goals for reducing harms related to the opioid <br />epidemic, and areas and populations with the greatest needs for treatment <br />intervention services, and to support training and technical assistance and other <br />strategies to abate the opioid epidemic described in this opioid abatement strategy <br />list. <br />2.A dashboard to (a) share reports, recommendations, or plans to spend opioid <br />settlement funds; (b) to show how opioid settlement funds have been spent; (c) to <br />report program or strategy outcomes; or (d) to track, share or visualize key opioid- <br />or health-related indicators and supports as identified through collaborative <br />statewide, regional, local or community processes. <br />3.Invest in infrastructure or staffing at government or not-for-profit agencies to <br />support collaborative, cross-system coordination with the purpose of preventing <br />overprescribing, opioid misuse, or opioid overdoses, treating those with OUD <br />and any co-occurring SUD/MH conditions, supporting them in treatment or <br />recovery, connecting them to care, or implementing other strategies to abate the <br />opioid epidemic described in this opioid abatement strategy list. <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 040056EC-0D41-4D98-9C65-E01AE876A6AB